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While in hypnosis, you will be deeply relaxed and
will be temporarily removed from all cares and
concerns. You will be conscious and fully alert at
all times, not “tranced out.” Even if your session
includes your overcoming grief or fears, you will
remain fully relaxed. Time will pass very quickly;
and you will come out of your hypnotic state
refreshed, alert, relaxed, and feeling wonderful.
will be temporarily removed from all cares and
concerns. You will be conscious and fully alert at
all times, not “tranced out.” Even if your session
includes your overcoming grief or fears, you will
remain fully relaxed. Time will pass very quickly;
and you will come out of your hypnotic state
refreshed, alert, relaxed, and feeling wonderful.
What to Expect in a Hypnotherapy Session
1. Hypnosis is sleep.
Not so. You are fully conscious, more so than in your ordinary waking
state.
2. You can be made to do what you don't want to do under
hypnosis.
Not so. You are in complete control. you can deny any suggestion.
3. Hypnosis acts like a truth serum.
Not so. You do not reveal any information to the hypnotherapist that
you do not want to reveal.
4. Weak-willed people are easiest to hypnotize.
Not so. In fact, strong-willed subjects may be the best subjects.
5. Hypnosis is dangerous.
Not so. It is a natural state that we fall into many times a day, like
daydreaming, reading, and watching TV. If hypnosis were dangerous,
stage shows would have been made illegal many years ago.
6. You can get stuck in hypnosis.
Not so. There is no evidence whatsoever of anyone having stayed in a
hypnotic state.
7. You will not remember anything.
Not so. You can recall, if needed, anything that occurred in the
hypnotic state.
8. A hypnotherapist has strange powers.
Not so. Hypnotherapists have no power over the subject (see answer
to previous misconceptions listed above).
9. Only a certain percentage of people can be hypnotized.
Not so. Anyone who can follow directions can be hypnotized if they
want to be.
Not so. You are fully conscious, more so than in your ordinary waking
state.
2. You can be made to do what you don't want to do under
hypnosis.
Not so. You are in complete control. you can deny any suggestion.
3. Hypnosis acts like a truth serum.
Not so. You do not reveal any information to the hypnotherapist that
you do not want to reveal.
4. Weak-willed people are easiest to hypnotize.
Not so. In fact, strong-willed subjects may be the best subjects.
5. Hypnosis is dangerous.
Not so. It is a natural state that we fall into many times a day, like
daydreaming, reading, and watching TV. If hypnosis were dangerous,
stage shows would have been made illegal many years ago.
6. You can get stuck in hypnosis.
Not so. There is no evidence whatsoever of anyone having stayed in a
hypnotic state.
7. You will not remember anything.
Not so. You can recall, if needed, anything that occurred in the
hypnotic state.
8. A hypnotherapist has strange powers.
Not so. Hypnotherapists have no power over the subject (see answer
to previous misconceptions listed above).
9. Only a certain percentage of people can be hypnotized.
Not so. Anyone who can follow directions can be hypnotized if they
want to be.
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